Opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized yesterday's mass funeral in Tamra, attended by thousands in violation of coronavirus guidelines."The mass funeral in Tamra last night was an unforgivable event. Where were the police? The same law needs to apply to everyone!" Lapid wrote In his social media account.

Russian police In Tuesday detained more than 900 people at protests in favor of opposition leader Alexei Navalny the OVD-Info protest monitoring group said.A court in Moscow In Tuesday handed Navalny a three-and-a-half-year sentence, though his lawyer said he would actually serve two years and eight months in jail because of time already spent under house arrest.

The infection coefficient in Israel rose to 0.99% today. It stands at 1.05% within the general population, 0.96% in the Arab sector, and 0.88% in the haredi community.

Israel's government is slated to convene later in the day to make a decision with regards to extending the Ingoing coronavirus lockdown.The lockdown is scheduled to end at 7am In Friday, but PM Netanyahu has insisted it be extended till midnight, Sunday.

Russia's foreign ministry has rejected calls from countries around the world to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.Moscow Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: "Do not interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign state. We urge everyone to deal with their own problems."

Internal IAEA memo confirms that Iran is speeding up its atomic program. 'They're enriching uranium faster and in larger quantity.'

Ofir Gendelman, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesperson to the Arab media, tweeted "PM Netanyahu will pay next week a brief visit to the UAE and perhaps to Bahrain".

The US Tsunami Warning System reported a 6.6 magnitude earthquake 10 miles below sea level in the Pacific Ocean off Chile's Easter Island at 3:24pm local time today (Wed).